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Quote from AppleEater01»

Still as an optimist, I fail to see any logic at all in the Turkish government. Banning Twitter, Facebook and Youtube and now Minecraft...

Of all the 18s games where the ACTUAL OBJECTIVE is to kill people such as GTA and CoD, they ban a children game where its a very small part of the game, even if parents were afraid they could easily turn off all possible ways of murdering animals/monsters.

The Turkish government. You must really wonder about what they think about. Tunnel vision.

Yeah its more like a monarchy than a democracy there.

Block minecraft.net? Oh no, what will they ever do?.... If only there were some way to access a site that has been blocked. Like some sort of proxy, that would submit your request on your behalf...



Oh heaves, what a terrible things to potentially happen....

Did you know who said Minecraft has blood and all? some children! I live in Turkey and lots of kids just like me are posting videos about why they should not ban it and those stuff. The most important thing is: They want us to be creative and this game makes us more creative than any other game in my opinion so if they don't want us to be un-creative don't ban Minecraft

by the way those children were children who play minecraft...*facepalm*

mediafire is banned too.

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Giving out TS3 info ...

it is not just for kids one of my friends I met on a minecraft server is 40 and if that is a kid I wanna know what is an adult and turning on creative doesn't stop the monsters from appearing it just stops them from attacking

The game was originally meant for children 10+, but most players did turn it into an M for Mature game. If we treated the game something like T for Teen type rating, then it should be fine for players to play on and prevent the ban. I do despite the monsters being the cause, because it is a survival/creative sandbox game, and the point is to Survive without any rules, unless they want rules to follow in a sandbox category game

I bet Turkey gamers are MAD.

Actually, there's nothing to agree upon., the ban has been already placed since earlier today, or at least that's what I read at some local news blogs.

This is really really dumb of Turkey. As someone else said, they're not going to ban COD, Doom, etc. but they're going to ban Minecraft? A sandbox building game??

How can a game that has simple block animation get banned for being to violent? I mean come on, if your kid can't handle minecraft "violence" then they need to grow up. My 6 year old sister plays it. I think that this is completely outrages.

Graphics level is a poor argument. Custer's Revenge? Doom? Quake?

I feel sad for Turkey, people are being extremly mean to them, and they do not deserve that, They could simply raise the Minimal Age to 12 or 14, simple

Well the excuse Turkey is putting forward for this is definitely a load, but it's not surprising given how the government is becoming more like a dictatorship as time goes on.



Now looking at many posts here comparing Minecraft to other games such as Cod and GTA, here's the reason why Minecraft is being targeted. When we play Minecraft, we can literally do anything we want. We can express our tastes, desires, artwork, fantasies and style in literally an infinite number of ways. In other words, Minecraft is not simply a game, Minecraft represents an idea.



All the signs are there. The government is becoming more like a dictatorship and attempting to censor those that disagree or think differently. They did after all ban Twitter, and if I recall they even at one point sought to ban Youtube.



The last thing dictators and authoritative governments want is the spread of new ideas and for its citizens to think. When people can think, the government cannot tell them what they should be thinking and they therefore loose control of the population and a revolution occurs. That means a game like Minecraft has to be eliminated.



While it may sound ridiculous, you would be surprised how nuts and paranoid some authoritative leaders can be about these things.

Quote from Killin_dat_mob»

Well the excuse Turkey is putting forward for this is definitely a load, but it's not surprising given how the government is becoming more like a dictatorship as time goes on.



Now looking at many posts here comparing Minecraft to other games such as Cod and GTA, here's the reason why Minecraft is being targeted. When we play Minecraft, we can literally do anything we want. We can express our tastes, desires, artwork, fantasies and style in literally an infinite number of ways. In other words, Minecraft is not simply a game, Minecraft represents an idea.



All the signs are there. The government is becoming more like a dictatorship and attempting to censor those that disagree or think differently. They did after all ban Twitter, and if I recall they even at one point sought to ban Youtube.



The last thing dictators and authoritative governments want is the spread of new ideas and for its citizens to think. When people can think, the government cannot tell them what they should be thinking and they therefore loose control of the population and a revolution occurs. That means a game like Minecraft has to be eliminated.



While it may sound ridiculous, you would be surprised how nuts and paranoid some authoritative leaders can be about these things.

That makes alot of sense. It is starting to look like a democracy.

Yes, they did opt to ban youtube, blaming the service for providing 'controversial' content to the average consumer. That content being of course Erdogan's phone calls regarding his new super estate that have been uploaded on the web.

Quote from Killin_dat_mob»

Well the excuse Turkey is putting forward for this is definitely a load, but it's not surprising given how the government is becoming more like a dictatorship as time goes on.



Now looking at many posts here comparing Minecraft to other games such as Cod and GTA, here's the reason why Minecraft is being targeted. When we play Minecraft, we can literally do anything we want. We can express our tastes, desires, artwork, fantasies and style in literally an infinite number of ways. In other words, Minecraft is not simply a game, Minecraft represents an idea.



All the signs are there. The government is becoming more like a dictatorship and attempting to censor those that disagree or think differently. They did after all ban Twitter, and if I recall they even at one point sought to ban Youtube.



The last thing dictators and authoritative governments want is the spread of new ideas and for its citizens to think. When people can think, the government cannot tell them what they should be thinking and they therefore loose control of the population and a revolution occurs. That means a game like Minecraft has to be eliminated.



While it may sound ridiculous, you would be surprised how nuts and paranoid some authoritative leaders can be about these things.

Killin has a great point there if ppl know they have the power then there is where the monarchy or dictatorship ends.

I didn't realize people could be this stupid. If you think MINECRAFT is violent, you have serious problems